Could Have Been Great

Could have been so many great things
Instead you chose to be a monster

Took your wife and child for granted
Pushed them down without hesitation

Nothing more than just a burden to you
Didn't want any of the responsibilities

Left them like they were nothing to you
Came back whenever you felt like it

Relentlessly tortured your already sick wife
Seemed to be the only way you felt content

Missed out on getting to know anything about me
Then again I don't think you wanted me to begin with

Outrageous to me how you think you earned your title dad
You seem to believe bare minimum is enough

Always jealous of my mom's and I bond
While never offering any type of warmth

Now that she's gone you're a new person
The person you should have been so long ago

Spent most of my life scared of you
Trying my best to protect my mom from you

Now everything is as it should have been
But she's not here to enjoy any of it

She deserved so much better than all of that
I deserved so much better than all of that

So many questions racing in my head
The only thing that I can get out is why